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Chiclet Sound Kit

KIT-12713

Description: The Chiclet Sound Kit is Aniomagic’s avant-garde way to make interactive textiles, paper, ceramics, and environments. They’ve made it so easy to implement that anyone can create interactive works of art. Program it directly from a web browser by holding it in front of a computer screen or phone. Connect it with conductive thread, conductive paint, or regular wire. The only limit is your imagination.

The sound kit will help you take your designs to the next level by sensing sounds (like music) and reacting to them. Because sensors need to communicate with the Chiclet, you will have to use LED lightboards instead of plain LEDs or sequins. The kit also includes a large coin cell battery holder and two coin cell batteries to power up your creation.

Note: Due to the requirements of shipping the batteries in this kit, orders may take longer to process and therefore do not qualify for same-day shipping. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Customer Comments

I’m confused. Based on the Aniomagic website, your printed description is for “Chiclet”, but Dia’s video and your photo say “Sparkle”. They’re not the same product. All versions of Sparkle made before January 2014 worked with sensors; however, this is not true after that date. Currently, only Chiclet works with sensors. Other limits are described on their website. So, what is this: (a) a pre-2014 Sparkle or (b) a post-2013 Chiclet?

It’s (b) a post-2013 Chiclet being sold. The video for the pre-2014 Sparkle is still valid (for now), since from a user’s perspective, you take this Chiclet, hook it up, and program it as Dia shows. Of course we’ll need a new video.

Chiclet functions just like (a) a pre-2014 Sparkle, in that you program it the same way, and connect it to the lightboards and sensors with two wires. A bit of history: pre-2014 Sparkle had two modes: it could control regular LEDS through PWM, OR it could communicate with smart LEDs (we call them lightboards) and sensors using a one-wire protocol that provides power and data. This turned out to be rather confusing, so we’ve made things worse by splitting the functionality up.

We need to get some new videos up showing the different uses, emphasizing that although Sparkle pre-2014 could be used for lightboards and LEDs, post-2014 Sparkle is only for regular LEDs. Use Chiclet for sensors and lightboards.

Somewhat: at this stage, we’d always recommend hand washing and air dry:

Although the electronics seem to be able to handle it, conductive thread corrodes and loses some conductivity with each wash; tumble wash and dry can be harsh on your connections (unless you coat the entire thread with puffy fabric paint.

An alternative is to sew the electronics unto a removable piece that you can then attach to your garment, and remove as needed. As always, remove the battery first.

You can either program it to do a certain light pattern depending on how loud the sound is, or you can program it like a sound-level meter. You’ll need to use the smart lightboards because the system uses a single-wire power/data bus to communicates with other components (significantly simplifying the wiring of, say, 40 lights)

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